umbraco-mediatype

name	umbraco-mediatype
description	Media type operations
metadata	{"version":"0.4.8","requires":{"bins":["umbraco"],"skills":["umbraco-shared"]}}

mediatype

PREREQUISITE: Read ../umbraco-shared/SKILL.md for auth, global flags, and security rules.

umbraco mediatype <command> [flags]

Read Commands

Command	Description
mediatype children <id>	Get child media types of a folder (paginated; --skip/--take/--all)
mediatype export <id>	Export a media type as a .udt document
mediatype get <id>	Get media type by ID
mediatype list	List media types (paginated; --skip/--take/--all)
mediatype search	Search media types

children

umbraco mediatype children <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--all	bool	false	Walk every page until exhausted (auto-paginates with --take as the page size, default 500; combine with --skip to start partway through). Bounded by an internal 100k-item ceiling.
--fields	string	—	Limit response fields (comma-separated top-level keys)
--first-n	int	0	Return only the first N items from item collections
--ids-only	bool	false	Return only item IDs for item collections
--params	string	—	Query parameters as JSON
--skip	int	-1	Skip count (passes through as ?skip=N; lets you walk past the server page size on large children/root collections)
--summarize	bool	false	Return only id/name/alias fields for item collections
--take	int	-1	Take count (passes through as ?take=N; combine with --skip to page)

export

umbraco mediatype export <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--fields	string	—	Limit response fields (comma-separated top-level keys)

get

umbraco mediatype get <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--fields	string	—	Limit response fields (comma-separated top-level keys)

list

umbraco mediatype list

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--all	bool	false	Walk every page until exhausted (auto-paginates with --take as the page size, default 500; combine with --skip to start partway through). Bounded by an internal 100k-item ceiling.
--exclude-folders	bool	false	Alias for --types-only
--fields	string	—	Limit response fields (comma-separated top-level keys)
--first-n	int	0	Return only the first N items from item collections
--ids-only	bool	false	Return only item IDs for item collections
--params	string	—	Query parameters as JSON
--recursive	bool	false	Walk media type folders recursively
--skip	int	-1	Skip count (passes through as ?skip=N; lets you walk past the server page size on large children/root collections)
--summarize	bool	false	Return only id/name/alias fields for item collections
--take	int	-1	Take count (passes through as ?take=N; combine with --skip to page)
--types-only	bool	false	Return media types only, excluding folders

search

umbraco mediatype search

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--params	string	—	Search parameters as JSON; convenience flags fill in missing keys, --params wins on collisions
--query	string	—	Search query
--skip	int	-1	Skip count (passes through as ?skip=N; lets you walk past the server page size on large children/root collections)
--take	int	-1	Take count (passes through as ?take=N; combine with --skip to page)

Mutation Commands

Safety: Always use --dry-run first. Remove the flag only after verifying the dry-run output.

Command	Description
mediatype create	Create a media type
mediatype delete <id>	Delete a media type
mediatype update <id>	Update a media type (--json replaces, --merge-json merges)

create

umbraco mediatype create

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--dry-run	bool	false	Print the planned request without executing
--json	string	—	Create payload as JSON

Safe pattern:

# 1. Dry run first
umbraco mediatype create --dry-run

# 2. Execute
umbraco mediatype create

delete

umbraco mediatype delete <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--dry-run	bool	false	Print the planned request without executing
--force	bool	false	Confirm permanent deletion

Safe pattern:

# 1. Dry run first
umbraco mediatype delete <id> --dry-run

# 2. Execute
umbraco mediatype delete <id> --force

update

umbraco mediatype update <id>

Flag	Type	Default	Description
--dry-run	bool	false	Print the planned request without executing
--json	string	—	Full replacement payload as JSON (fields not mentioned are reset by the server)
--merge-json	string	—	Partial JSON deep-merged into the current resource before update (fields not mentioned are preserved)

Safe pattern:

# 1. Dry run first
umbraco mediatype update <id> --dry-run

# 2. Execute
umbraco mediatype update <id>

Discovering Commands

# Browse subcommands
umbraco mediatype --help

# Inspect a specific endpoint schema
umbraco schema mediatype.<method>